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2022, 08-09 Regular Formal MINUTES City of Spokane Valley City Council Regular Formal Meeting Tuesday,August 9, 2022 Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. The meeting was held in person by Council and staff in Council Chambers, and also remotely via Zoom meeting. Attendance: CounciImembers Staff Pain Haley, Mayor John Hohman, City Manager Rod Higgins,Deputy Mayor Erik Lamb, Deputy City Manager Tim Hattenburg, Councilmember Cary Driskell, City Attorney Laura Padden, Councilmember Tony Beattie, Sr. Deputy City Attorney Brandi Peetz, Councilmember John Bottelli, Parks, Rec&Facilities Dir. Ben Wick, Councilmember Bill HeIbig, Community&Public Works Dir. Arne Woodard, Councilmember Mike Basinger, Economic Development Dir. John Whitehead,Human Resources Director Dan Domrese,Accounting Manager Gloria Mantz, City Engineer Dave Ellis, Police Chief Jeff Kleingartner, Public Information Officer Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk INVOCATION: Pastor Mike Field of The Intersection Church, gave the invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council, staff and the audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present. Mayor Haley announced that at the end of tonight's meeting, Council will hold an executive session concerning pending litigation. APPROVAL OF AGENDA It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the agenda. INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS Councilmember Peetz: said she attended our City's State of the City Address which was well attended; went to about 13 National Night Out parties, said there was great participation this year; said she participated in the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament and expressed thanks to staff as it was a fun event with a huge turnout; went to the Government Action Committee meeting where they re-capped some ballot results and gave some legislative agenda updates,with transportation as a big topic. Councilmember Padden: reported that she too attended the State of the City Address and that it was fun, interesting, and professionally done; attended her first National Night Out which had a great turnout; went to the Chamber Board meeting where they talked about lemonade day and how they want to do it or if they want to continue that; said they are trying to focus more on manufacturing and will work with the school districts to have quarterly tours; mentioned Empire Health and the homeless issue and of a planned forum for January. Councilmember Wick: said he attended a ribbon cutting for a new business in Spokane Valley—Cinnamon Rolls; regarding FMSIB (Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board), said the executive director announced their retirement so the selection process has started, said the chair is appointed by the Governor Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 08-09-2022 Page 1 of 4 Approved by Council: 08-23-2022 so they will be looking for a new chair; said he is chair of a sub-committee working to determine how to respond to the priorities list for freight investment in the state; said he participated in the Washington State Freight System's five-year plan, which plan he said is open for public comment until the end of August. Councilmember Woodard: said he had nothing to report; but that he did attend the State of the City and it was a great presentation; while over in Enumclaw said he tried to find a National Night Out party but was unsuccessful. Councilmember Hattenburg: said the State of the City Address was well done and well attended; he participated in National Night Out; and he extended kudos to Code Enforcement Officer Chris Johnston in the way he works with people; said he heard very positive responses. Deputy Mayor Higgins: went to the Clean Air Board meeting where they did an assessment of meeting the expenses of their agency and are considering an across the board 15% increase which will be determined at the next meeting; said the fire in Cheney is affecting our air but so far hasn't moved us into the hazardous category; said they are also undergoing a general updating of regulations to improve consistency with state rules; said the changes won't add new requirements for businesses, but there is an amendment to wood burning to accommodate past legislation that allows burning if there is an emergency power outage regardless if a burn ban in effect. Reported that he also attended the Aging&Long Term Care meeting and said their audit was very complimentary,and the report mentioned that it is rare to see an entity receive and disburse so many grants and receive a clean audit. Explained that the Steering Committee of Elected Officials, which group deals with land quality and planning, had an election of officers and he is now the chair; said they had discussions about the UGA (urban growth area) and will be continuing that through October after which they will advise the County Commissioners; he mentioned that the three County Commissioners are part of this committee which at times makes things awkward; said the review of the Planning & Technical Committee Advisory Reports will be coming at the next meeting for discussion of the County Wide Planning Policies; said they will discuss the need for a land quality analysis; added that three or four years ago the land quality analysis was discussed at which time the committee was assured that the City of Spokane had done the analysis, which apparently was never done County-wide; said members agreed to contribute their share of the then cost,which was$75,000;said the need is apparent and a cost today is estimated at$150,000. MAYOR'S REPORT • Mayor Haley said she too enjoyed National Night Out, and attended one of the functions at the Mall; said the STA (Spokane Transit Authority) doesn't meet in August, but she is on a sub-committee which is working to recommend the hiring of an interim attorney; she also mentioned the `Make My Day' ribbon cutting,and encouraged people to get there early as the cinnamon rolls sell out early. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY:After explaining the process,Mayor Haley invited public comment. Ms. Pam Marlow, Spokane Valley [via zoom]: mentioned that Chief Ellis had previously said that a letter would be sent from City Attorney Driskell to Eagle Point apartments concerning the various tenants and evictions; said that Eagle Point pays less in taxes than the majority of residents who own homes; that she is requesting that a letter be sent to the management to get their apartment complex cleaned up as there have been child molestations, bomb threats, prostitution, and other criminal activity all less than one mile from Trent Elementary School; said she wants someone to reach out so she can let her neighbors know what's going on. Ms.Barb Howard,Spokane Valley[via zoom]: said she agrees with the previous speaker as she lives across the street from that property, and that it has become worse over time; said she called crime check for a car parked in the `no-parking' area and crime check told her to call the precinct; she wants the City to try to do something with this property as the neighborhood is getting worse. Mr.Dan Allison, Spokane Valley- decided not to speak. Ms. Ruth Lankin, Spokane Valley: spoke about the intersection at the corner, near Rich and McDonald, said a year ago her husband was broadsided by a pickup and broke several ribs; said the intersection is Council Meeting Minutes, Formal: 08-09-2022 Page 2 of 4 Approved by Council: 08-23-2022 poorly put together; said there are children in the area, a pole obstructing people's vision, sand that the intersection is confusing so much so that when her husband was in that accident, the Police Officer didn't cite anyone; said cars going north on McDonald travel extremely fast so maybe put up a warning to get people to slow down. Mr. John Harding, Spokane Valley: spoke about having trust in our ballot system and of trying to address being out of compliance with voter registrations, etc.; mentioned fraudulent voting practices and he wants Council to check it out and see what's going on. Mr. Dan Allison, Spokane Valley: mentioned the ordinance that some staff put together that was recently voted down; said if that comes back in the fall he wants a town meeting to get more citizen input. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Consent Agenda: Consists of items considered routine which are approved as a group. Any member of Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda to be considered separately. Proposed Motion:I move to approve the Consent Agenda. a. Approval of Claim Vouchers on August 9, 2022,Request for Council Action Form: $2,005,411.83 b.Approval of Payroll for Pay Period ending July 31, 2022: $641,444.20 c. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of July 19,2022, Study Session Meeting d. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of July 26,2022, Formal Format Meeting It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent Agenda. 2 Motion Consideration: Approval of Wick Enterprizes Voucher—Dan Domrese Councilmember Wick announced that he was recusing himself from this item, and he left the Council Chambers. It was then moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to approve claim voucher #57390 to Wick Enterprizes in the amount of$395.00. Mr.Domrese explained the background of having this claim voucher acted upon separately; and that this claim voucher is for advertising the State of the City address. Deputy Mayor Higgins explained that the event was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, so we got no money from this, and he asked why we are paying for that ad. Public Information officer Kleingartner explained that he initiated the ad, as we have done with previous State of the City ads; and if we want the Chamber to pay for advertising for that event, we would need to develop that in the contract language. Mayor Haley invited public comment. Ms. Barb Howard, Spokane Valley: [via zoom] said when GSI (Greater Spokane, Inc.)has events we participate in,they pay for everything; said she wants to know why we are doing this and asked if this was a fundraiser for them. There were no further public comments. Vote by acclamation: In favor: Mayor Haley, Deputy Mayor Higgins, and Councilmembers Peetz, Padden, Hattenburg, and Woodard. Opposed.' none. Motion carried. Councilmember Wick returned to the dais. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: 3. Surplus Equipment--Dan Domrese Accounting Manager Domrese explained about the process for declaring items surplus; that no action is required tonight but he seeks Council consensus to bring forth a formal action at the August 23, 2022 Council meeting by placing the Resolution on that Consent agenda. There was Council consensus to do so. 4. Advance Agenda—Mayor Haley There were no suggested changes to the Advance Agenda. 5. Department Monthly Reports The Department monthly reports were for information only and were not reported or discussed. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: City Manager Hohrnan said he is looking for consensus on an item regarding vehicles; that we found out we are still waiting for some of the 2022 vehicles we ordered a year or so ago,and also found out that orders for vehicles for 2023 must be ordered this week even though they are not yet approved in a budget, said we Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 08-09-2022 Page 3 of 4 Approved by Council: 08-23-2022 are looking at four vehicles; said there is a very long lead time; apparently the way this is happening with fleet vehicles is there is a one or two-week open period for the manufacturers for us to get in our orders and if we miss it, we will end up waiting another year unless there is a big change in chip availability over the next few months; said three of the vehicles are F150 style trucks,which are the lighter-duty trucks, two of those would replace existing vehicles and one is for the proposed signal tech, and that would be paid for in the offset of our contract with Spokane County. Mr. Ilohman recommended getting in the orders; he said we could always withdraw the orders later if there is a change in the budget but he would like Council's authorization to place the orders. There was unanimous consensus to order the vehicles. Executive session: It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded that Council adjourn into executive session for approximately 30 minutes to discuss pending litigation, and that no action will be taken upon return to open session. Council adjourned into executive session at 6:47 p.m. At approximately 7:17 p.m.,Deputy City Attorney Beattie announced that the executive session will be extended for another 15 minutes, or until 7;32 p.m. At 7:32 p.m. Mayor Haley declared Council out of executive session, at which time it was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. 1/4,14 TT T: Pam Haley,Mayor Christine Bainbridge,City C Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 08-09-2022 Page 4 of 4 Approved by Council: 08-23-2022 SIGN-IN SHEET SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, August 9, 2022 6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY_ YOUR SPEAKING TIME WILL GENERALLY BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY You may sign in to speak but it is not necessary, as the Mayor will afford the public the opportunity to speak. 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